Indiana 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 5 R · 1 D cosponsors

HB 1259 — Health care matters.

Last action — Public Law 152

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2024. Enacted.

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High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 7 sponsors

    3 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (5 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

Establishes the therapeutic psilocybin research fund, administered by the division of mental health and addiction, to provide financial assistance to research institutions in Indiana to study the use of psilocybin to treat mental health and other medical conditions. Sets forth clinical study requirements. Requires a research institution that receives a grant to conduct a clinical study to prepare and submit a report to the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services, the Indiana department of health, and the division of mental health and addiction. Allows, rather than requires, the Indiana department of health to grant an extension to the hospital for the filing of certain reports. Removes the requirement that a clinical preceptor must have at least 18 months of experience as a licensed nurse. Allows the majority of nursing program faculty to be part-time employees of an approved postsecondary educational institution or a hospital that conducts the nursing program. Allows the holder of a student permit issued by the respiratory care committee to perform certain respiratory care procedures on certain child patients. Provides that an individual who previously was employed to provide supervised surgical assistance in a health care facility may provide surgical assistance in a health care facility. Requires a contract with a third party administrator, pharmacy benefit manager, or prepaid health care delivery plan to provide that the plan sponsor has ownership of the claims data. Allows a contract holder to request an audit of a pharmacy benefit manager one time per calendar year and not earlier than six months after a previously requested audit. Allows a plan sponsor that contracts with a third party administrator, the office of the secretary of family and social services that contracts with a managed care organization to provide services to a Medicaid recipient, or the state personnel department that contracts with a prepaid health care delivery plan to provide group health coverage for state employees to request an audit one time in a calendar year and not earlier than six months after a previously requested audit. Sets forth requirements concerning an audit. Voids a provision in the Indiana Administrative Code relating to physician referrals for acupuncture services.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Public Law 152

  2. Signed by the Governor

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the Speaker

  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  6. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  7. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  8. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 347: yeas 93, nays 5

  9. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 329: yeas 45, nays 1

  10. Senate conferees appointed: Brown L and Yoder

  11. House advisors appointed: Ledbetter, Goss-Reaves, Manning and Shackleford

  12. House conferees appointed: Barrett and Fleming

  13. House dissented from Senate amendments

  14. Motion to dissent filed

  15. Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D. and Charbonneau

  16. Returned to the House with amendments

  17. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 172: yeas 49, nays 0

  18. Senator Randolph added as cosponsor

  19. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  20. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  21. First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services

  22. Referred to the Senate

  23. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 66: yeas 97, nays 0

  24. Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L and Charbonneau

  25. Representatives Manning, Ledbetter, Fleming added as coauthors

  26. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  27. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  28. Authored by Representative Barrett

  29. First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health

Sponsors

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3 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 143 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (143)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1259 do?
Establishes the therapeutic psilocybin research fund, administered by the division of mental health and addiction, to provide financial assistance to research institutions in Indiana to study the use of psilocybin to treat mental health and other medical conditions. Sets forth clinical study requirements. Requires a research institution that receives a grant to conduct a clinical study to prepare and submit a report to the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services, the Indiana department of health, and the division of mental health and addiction. Allows, rather than requires, the Indiana department of health to grant an extension to the hospital for the filing of certain reports. Removes the requirement that a clinical preceptor must have at least 18 months of experience as a licensed nurse. Allows the majority of nursing program faculty to be part-time employees of an approved postsecondary educational institution or a hospital that conducts the nursing program. Allows the holder of a student permit issued by the respiratory care committee to perform certain respiratory care procedures on certain child patients. Provides that an individual who previously was employed to provide supervised surgical assistance in a health care facility may provide surgical assistance in a health care facility. Requires a contract with a third party administrator, pharmacy benefit manager, or prepaid health care delivery plan to provide that the plan sponsor has ownership of the claims data. Allows a contract holder to request an audit of a pharmacy benefit manager one time per calendar year and not earlier than six months after a previously requested audit. Allows a plan sponsor that contracts with a third party administrator, the office of the secretary of family and social services that contracts with a managed care organization to provide services to a Medicaid recipient, or the state personnel department that contracts with a prepaid health care delivery plan to provide group health coverage for state employees to request an audit one time in a calendar year and not earlier than six months after a previously requested audit. Sets forth requirements concerning an audit. Voids a provision in the Indiana Administrative Code relating to physician referrals for acupuncture services.
Who sponsors HB 1259?
HB 1259 is sponsored by Lonnie Randolph (Democrat), Ed Charbonneau (Republican), Liz Brown (Republican), Rita Fleming, Cindy Ledbetter (Republican), Ethan Manning (Republican), and Brad Barrett (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 1259?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2024. Enacted.
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